Table 2.
Latent class analysis model fit for life-course mobility in socioeconomic position (SEP), SELF Study (n=1,612)
| No. of classes | # of free par | Log likelihood | AIC | BIC | Adj-BIC | Entropy | LMR P value | Permutation p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| 1 | 9 | −8490.51 | 16999.02 | 17047.48 | 17018.89 | - | - | - |
| 2 | 19 | −8090.77 | 16219.54 | 16321.86 | 16261.5 | 0.678 | <0.001 | <0.001 |
| 3 | 29 | −8011.78 | 16081.55 | 16237.72 | 16145.6 | 0.717 | 0.0002 | <0.001 |
| 4 | 39 | −7973.75 | 16025.49 | 16235.51 | 16111.62 | 0.672 | 0.0583 | <0.001 |
| 5 | 49 | −7947.11 | 15992.23 | 16256.11 | 16100.44 | 0.674 | 0.3931 | <0.001 |
| 6 | 59 | −7932.56 | 15983.12 | 16300.85 | 16113.42 | 0.652 | 0.6941 | <0.001 |
Note: AIC, Akaike information criterion; BIC, Bayesian Information Criterion; Adj-BIC, sample-size adjusted BIC; LMR, Lo-Mendell-Rubin likelihood ratio test. Bolding indicates the lowest BIC value for the 4-class model.